CREW & CREDITS Director : M.S.Prakash Babu
Screenplay : M.S.Prakash Babu
Produced by : DRN Smruti Chitra
Cinematography : B.R.Viswanath
Editor : Ashwin Ramanathan
Music : S.R.Ramakrishna
CAST Kiran Subbaiah
Reema Alva
Manju

Original title : Madhyaanada Haadu
English title : Afternoon Song
Type of film : Short Color : B/W and Colour
Format: Beta SP Running time : 18 min
Original Film Language : Kannada/ English
Sound : Mono
Country of production : India
Date of Production : 2001

Synopsis:
In a world which runs on the steam of individualism, how satisfying can the inner journey be? Does a worldview that looks at a purpose beyond the self, hold currency in a society drained of cultural values and driven solely by market considerations? This is the dilemma that haunts the protagonist. Integral to this experience is the loss of intensity and social integrity that marked the cultural movement of the '70s, particularly after the Emergency. The film aims to capture this existential predicament in its various shades and tones. It is this struggle, perhaps vain, that forms the central theme. And, quite fatalistically, see no logical conclusion. Leaving the protagonist suspended in the grey area between ideals and reality...

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR M.S.Prakash Babu was born in 1968, in Chitradurga, India. In 1993 he Post-graduated from the Kala Bhavan, Viswa Bharati University, Santiniketan (Painting). From 1997 to 2000 he had painting shows in India and abroad and in 2001 directed his first short film "Afternoon Song". He had been awarded a Fellowship in the field of Visual Art ( Film/ Video) at Helsinki (Finland) under the UNESCO-ASCHBERG 2001-2002. FILMOGRAPHY Madhyaanada Haadu (Afternoon Song) 2001 (Short) Three Months of Solitude 2002 (Short)
Mungaara Mugilu (Monsoon Cloud) 2005 (Short)
Poorva Dikkina Gaali (The East Wind) 2008 (Short)